On 09/28/2012 01:09 PM, R G Strong-genes wrote: R G > First off there is not a bug! I disagree. Reasons to follow. > Did you mark this couple an not married on the marriage info screen? Originally I marked their marriage status as "unmarried".
> If you did then the labels will change back to Male and Female. No. This did NOT make them Male and Female. They were still labeled Husband and Wife. BUG. I found no way to make them Male and Female and still have them as parents of a child including unlinking the 3 of them and then relinking. They keep being Husband and Wife and unmarried. BUG. > Second when you opened the marriage screen and there is no marriage > then you should have clicked cancel and not clicked the X. Yes, I found that out while testing this issue. > Just closing the window Legacy will assume that there is a marriage > but you have no marriage info to enter. Yes, I found that out also. IMHO Legacy should not assume so much until WE say it is so. If Legacy Family Tree software, has an issue with us, the default should be a pop-up and ask. > This same procedure should be adhered to for all screens. > If THERE IS A CANCEL button use that and not the X to close if you > have not entered > any data or don’t want the changes saved as this will happen when the > window is closed with the X button. Closing a window with X when NO data has been entered should be the same as Cancel. OK, I can adjust to Legacy's way, but I don't believe it is NOT standard across all software. But I may be wrong and it is a very small issue I can live with. Legacy, even with its faults, is still the best. It isn't perfect. Thanks R G JimS > *From:* Karen and Jim <mailto:sindbe...@att.net> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:25 PM > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > <mailto:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] problem with unmarried > > Brian, > > Let's start with a fact, a fact of life in the real world. > "In the real world we have many unwed mothers > and unwed fathers." > > I have a similar issue as Pat's. > I have a man and a women who had a child. > The couple did not marry each other. > But Legacy labels them Husband and Wife. > Unlinking Husband from Wife also UNLINKS the Father from his child. > BAD. I smell a bug. This should not happen. > The Mother is still linked to their child > and is Wife to Husband Unknown. > Unlinking the Mother from Unknown Husband > UNLINKED her from her child also. > Equally BAD and should not happen. > These 3 people are biologically linked in real life, > but NOT by marriage and therefore not by Legacy. > > Second case: > I just clicked on a child, labeled Male. Then I clicked > on Marriage Information and did not enter anything. > I clicked on the X to close Marriage Information. > When I came back to the child, who had died shortly > after birth, he was labeled Husband. And Legacy had > married him to a Wife with the name "Unknown". > I unlinked the pair successfully per your instructions > and the little fellow is now no longer a husband. > Thank you. > > Your statement "If she had children then there must be a > marriage to create the link between her and her children ..." > may be true for you in Legacy, but in the real world > this assumption is often false. > > This situation could be corrected by not labeling parents > as Husband and Wife until WE, your customers, > enter the necessary data into Marriage Information. > > IMHO this is a bug in Legacy's programming. > > JimS > Legacy v.5 Deluxe > 40+ yrs ADP incl. programming. > > > > On 09/26/2012 07:27 PM, Pat Hickin wrote: >> Thanks, Brian,  >> I knew that option was somewhere but couldn't find it.  >> However that brings up another matter, especially for men -- I may >> pretty well know that he never married, but he could certainly have >> fathered children that I know nothing about.  I wish the option >> simply said "He never married." and stopped at that. >> Pat >> >> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Brian/Support >> <br...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com>> wrote: >> >> Since you have made an entry in the marriage info for this person >> Legacy >> has linked her to an unknown husband (The "married someone" comes >> from >> that link). If she truly never married and had no children then you >> should indicate that on the person's individual information >> screen not >> by setting a marriage status. If she had children then there must >> be a >> marriage to create the link between her and her children so my >> fix below >> cannot be used. >> >> Remove the marriage link by selecting the person, right click on her >> marriage info bar >> Select the Remove the marriage link option from the drop down menu >> Now edit the person and click the This individual never married >> and had >> no children option below the list of events. >> >> Brian >> Customer Support >> Millennia Corporation >> br...@legacyfamilytree.com <mailto:br...@legacyfamilytree.com> >> http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com >> -- >> On 26/09/2012 16:25, Pat Hickin wrote: >> > Yes, I hadn't even noticed the date, Jenny, which is when she >> wrote her >> > will -- she was never married.  I just don't want Legacy >> telling us that >> > she was unmarried AND that she married "someone"!  It does >> that even when >> > there's no date involved. >> > >> > Pat >> >> >> > -- > Russell G. Strong > P. S. 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